The average weekday ridership on the Hartford Line is now at 1,860 riders, just 85 short of the first-year goal of 1,945 passenger trips per day. This puts Hartford Line on track to exceed the first year ridership goal well before June 2019, the end of the first full year of train service. “We’ve already seen an explosion of interest in transit-oriented development in rail communities and we expect that will only grow as young people continue to make clear that they want transit at the heart of their hometowns,” Commissioner Redeker said. Ridership data for the month of August 2018 will be available in early October.